The father of the apparent Highland Park parade shooter has told made a statement that he is not blameworthy in the Independence Day attack, despite having signed an authorization form for his son to apply for gun ownership. I had no inkling, forewarning that this was going to happen. Bobby Crimo Jr. told the reporter about the Fourth of July attack his son, Robert “Bobby” Crimo III, allegedly carried out in Highland Park, Illinois. I am just shocked.
Crimo’s father claims he and his wife asked their son just days before if he had any plans for the break. He said no. That was it, Crimo identified. Crimo says he finished nearly an hour with his son in his yard the night before the attack speaking about the planet. Great mood, he remembered. l am just shocked.
Crimo says he never saw his son as a risk to anyone, but authorities recently revealed at least one past instance in which his son allegedly threatened violence. In 2019, police in Highland Park impounded 16 knives, a dagger, and a sword from the suspect’s home after a family member called claiming he was going to kill everyone.
Crimo III is charged with seven counts of first-degree murder and more charges are expected, Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart said. Prosecutors said that Crimo III confessed to Monday morning’s parade massacre. He did not enter a plea during a bond hearing on Wednesday.
